Inez May Parker White was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in Portland, Oregon, on October 10, 1895, to Abraham Lincoln Parker and Edith Armenthia Haynes Parker. The family moved to Skagway, Alaska, in June 1899 on their way to Atlin and later relocated to Juneau in April 1913.

She married William Charles White on September 2, 1916, in Douglas. They had nine children:

Henrietta May White, born December 19, 1917, in Juneau;
Charles Benjamin White, born December 17, 1918, in California;
Gloria Edith White, born August 27, 1921, in Seattle;
Dorothy Annabelle White, born March 19, 1923, in Juneau;
Genevieve Williamina White, born May 9, 1924, in Juneau;
Anna Louise White, born about 1928 in Alaska;
Glen Edward White, born June 13, 1929, in Juneau;
Alice G. White, born about 1933 in Alaska;
William L. White Jr. was born about 1935 in Alaska.

In the early 1940s, she and her husband established the Riverside Lodge at Gustavus, which later became the Gustavus Inn. She divorced William White around 1945.

She married Archie M. Chase on February 29, 1948, in Gustavus. His son, Eugene Sylvester Chase (born June 10, 1921, in Omaha, Nebraska), was from his previous marriage to Mildred Lightfoot.

Inez died on January 13, 1977, in Snohomish, Washington, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Skagway
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Oakland, California
1930 and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau
Gastineau Channel Memories 1880–1959, p. 390
Pioneers of Alaska Membership Application
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index